How many of you are on thyroid meds?

trtthings · Nov 11, 2020

And a bonus question, do you guys know how long I should try something like this before deciding whether it's working or not? Is it a cumulative thing like with TRT?

@Cataceous @Vince

Cataceous · Nov 11, 2020

trtthings said:
Do you get agitated/irritable with too much? And does it impact your mood in any other way?
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I think "agitated" is the best description. Also feeling too wound-up later in the day.

trtthings said:
And a bonus question, do you guys know how long I should try something like this before deciding whether it's working or not? Is it a cumulative thing like with TRT?
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My impression is that the time frames are shorter than with TRT, especially when dealing with T3. But I leave it to others with more thyroid experience to try to quantify it.

Vince · Nov 11, 2020

trtthings said:
And a bonus question, do you guys know how long I should try something like this before deciding whether it's working or not? Is it a cumulative thing like with TRT?

@Cataceous @Vince

For me personally, it takes me 12 weeks after a thyroid protocol change. Before I know the full results.

tareload · Nov 11, 2020

trtthings said:
And what made you take the leap? Classic low TSH/T4 or T3? I see some of you are having reverse T3 measured which I believe isn't standard practice.

Some reading material for you on rT3:

Does My Thyroid Look OK?

Hi all, This is my recent Thyroid pannel. Looking at these, does everything seem normal please? Im currently waiting for stability on new protocol. Ive had some issues with cold feet and hands and lethargy with low lib…

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Does My Thyroid Look OK?

The quick and dirty summary from the 2nd link I posted above is probably the best 80/20 rule-approved paragraph (except for the pitch for dried urine testing :-)): I tracked my rT3 from 26 to 6 ng/dL over years and felt exactly zero difference and exactly zero difference in my resting basal...

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For a little read on euthyroid people dabbling with their thyroid:

Thyroid Advice with TRT?

What rT3 would you be shooting for? There is absolutely, positively nothing wrong with your thyroid blood work There’s a reason Endos do this. I thought I was smarter than my body until I ran into issues. Unless you go and biopsy your individual tissues and determine you have a deiodinase...

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Realistic TRT Recomp Progress

Wow, that is a massive difference, brother. Thanks so much for taking the time to explain all of this – super helpful to see it visualized! You are the man. I was thinking of doing injections EOD. From what I know, high SHBG guys tend to do better with more frequent injections. What do you...

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T3 dosing, pharmacokinetics, T4-T3 conversion (this post on down):

Realistic TRT Recomp Progress

Yah thats some crap. I would say its the cream at this time since the other guys all had issues with defy/empower cream. I would call empower and tell them their cream is not working like the other batches and you want them to fix it. If your t3 is this low on thyroid meds I would first suspect...

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Realistic TRT Recomp Progress

I am not finding a whole lot on it. The concept seems all right (basically the same as just dosing multiple times a day). I don’t know how well it really works though.

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geezerjude · Apr 16, 2021

Vince said:
I am also on thyroid meds. My main reason is to improve by cholesterol panel.

By present protocol is, 90 mg of thyroid armor and 6.25 mcg of Cytomel twice a day.

can cytomel by itself be used to treat hypothyroidism

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